From: "Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@...>
Date: 2001-10-19T23:39:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22748] Re: File::SEPARATOR for W2k?

> Windows API recognize both `/' and `\' as path separator.
> So, this is not wrong behavior.

I don't think this is so:

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>cd /temp
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

C:\>cd \temp

C:\temp>

Of course, you said API, you may not be referring to the shell. But I think
it's moot for me because ruby gets to Windows through cygwin which handles
all of this and presents windows paths to Ruby with "/".

> And, Ruby provides File::ALT_SEPARATOR for platform specific
> path separator.

Guy said it's nil for most platforms, I guess w2k is one of them:

C:\>ruby -e 'p File::ALT_SEPARATOR'
nil


Chris